Police in Laredo, some 200 miles away, are holding Cerny’s 36-year-old boyfriend Demond Bluntson pending charges. Police believe Bluntson shot and killed his 21-month-old son and critically wounded Cerny’s other 6-year-old son on Tuesday.

Stanphill says a neighbor found Cerny’s body in a building on a property in El Campo where Bluntson used to keep dogs. Cerny was last seen with her sons at church in El Campo on Sunday. Her father reported her missing Monday morning.